Civvy Radio in RT-524

[cstaup]

I have an unserviceable Rt-524, it's gutted as well as me cutting out some more castings. I have a Civilian AM/FM CD MP3 car stereo. I want to mount this on the pass rear fender. I will post build pics.

Questions: Does the rubber isolators actually isolate the radio from vehicle ground? Or is it just for vibration dampening? I ask because I don't have mine yet.

I need to isolate this 12V radio from the 24V NEG ground. Yea I cooked a few radios that way in my old wreckers. Back then I made a wooden box, but this time I plan on using cutting board material to mount the box if I need to.

I have a 6 X 9 Speaker that will face up on the top of the radio, and I also want the lamps to illuminate on the face.

[csmith]

Sounds like the perfect MV Boombox, look forward to seeing your build post

[svramselaar]

hello

the radio has his ground in the cable not from the chassis

you can use a 24v to 12v 3 to 5 amps converter inside the rt housing

if sent sent this the real thing from a CD

http://www.manchu.org/sounds/
http://www.cyhaus.com/vietnam/
http://remembervietnam.homestead.com/dutywelcome.html


george

[cstaup]

Thanks George. Like I promised.

After "gutting" it some more


Had to knock the corners

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Final trimming

[cstaup]

Sleeve fits




Yes, I'm working over a garbage can

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Thant' it for now.

[cstaup]

[Crusader_22]

I have an unserviceable Rt-524, it's gutted as well as me cutting out some more castings. I have a Civilian AM/FM CD MP3 car stereo. I want to mount this on the pass rear fender. I will post build pics.

Questions: Does the rubber isolators actually isolate the radio from vehicle ground? Or is it just for vibration dampening? I ask because I don't have mine yet.

I need to isolate this 12V radio from the 24V NEG ground. Yea I cooked a few radios that way in my old wreckers. Back then I made a wooden box, but this time I plan on using cutting board material to mount the box if I need to.

I have a 6 X 9 Speaker that will face up on the top of the radio, and I also want the lamps to illuminate on the face.

THANK YOU cstaup!

This thread is about EXACTLY what I want to do to simulate VN radio traffic for displays, etc. I will likely make mine more enclosed, with an MP# player to provide the sound loop.

And thank you very much, George, for the sound clip links! I have been searching for some of those for a while, unsuccessfully.

Jeff

[cstaup]

The mount

and its baggage

[cstaup]

after disassembling, blasting and repainting

[salt6]

I read somewhere about a guy that put everything inside and just hinged the top with se internal hinges. He also installed some of those pistons to help rasw the cover.

[cstaup]

I thought about that, but this one came with a remote so I can "flip" through the channels to find the the talk radio stations.

[cstaup]

Mount assembled

[csmith]

Nice work Cstaup, thats a fine job How does it sound while driving, especially with no top and all that quiet noise that our mutts put out on the road? Can you really hear is well? Do you have a provision for headphones or ear buds? It would be nice to have tunes while driving, I have just been using my IPod.

[cstaup]

Thanks for the good words. I will have to give you a full report after I get this all put together.

[ccandgc]

Nice work! Glad to see that radio finally put to good use!